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Hit-and-run leaves elderly woman critical

Date Posted: 2012-08-03

An elderly woman is in critical condition in a Naha hospital after being struck by a mini-car that subsequently fled the scene of the accident.

Police say the 80-year-old woman was struck while crossing Prefectural Road 29 in the Kochi district of Nishihara Town about 7:30 p.m. Monday. They say the mini-car that hit her was driving from the Shuri district of Naha City toward Nishihara Town’s Sakata district.

The car did not stop, police say. The woman is in critical condition and unconscious. She has a depressed fracture of the skull.